HSS 16, 391 (P409366)

Administrative tablet excavated in Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 2000.03.247

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: list of people having gone missing)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

32.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (SM catalogue: list of people having gone missing)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P409366
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P409366

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	32.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	only lower left portion of tablet preserved; HSS 16, 391 contains far more text than preserved by tablet

Provenance

Provenience	Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot	d 3
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number	SM 2000.03.247
Accession Number	(SMN) 3252 (SM catalogue: 4787)

References

primary: HSS 16, 391

[Lacheman1958HSS16] Lacheman, Ernest R. 1958. Excavations at Nuzi. Volume VII: Economic and Social Documents. Harvard Semitic Series 16. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
history: WAW 18, 30

[Maidman2010WAW18] Maidman, Maynard P. 2010. Nuzi Texts and Their Uses as Historical Evidence. Writings from the Ancient World 18. Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2026-09-15 at 10:51:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 16, 391 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P409366.

HSS 16, 391 artifact entry (No. P409366). (2026, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P409366 (Original work published 2010)

HSS 16, 391 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P409366 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 16, 391 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P409366.

HSS 16, 391 artifact entry (No. P409366). (2026, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P409366 (Original work published 2010)

HSS 16, 391 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P409366 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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	month = {sep 15},
	title = {HSS 16, 391 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P409366},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P409366},
}

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